“Super annoying fight” – Robert Whittaker admits arch-nemesis Israel Adesanya is a “terrible matchup” for him

“Super annoying fight” – Robert Whittaker admits arch-nemesis Israel Adesanya is a “terrible matchup” for him

Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya

Robert Whittaker truly believes he is the best middleweight in the world. The only reason he doesn’t have the belt wrapped around his waist is that Israel Adesanya is stylistically a poor matchup for him.

The UFC middleweight division has been dominated by one man and he is clearly a level above everyone in the division except Australia’s Robert Whittaker, who many will claim is on the same level as Izzy. The fighter however believes he is better than The Stylebender in many ways.

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Whittaker and Adesanya have fought each other twice in their career and Izzy can proudly say he was the one to dethrone Whittaker from the middleweight throne. Since then, Izzy has been lapping around the division. Whittaker also got another shot at Izzy earlier this year in February at UFC 271 but once again was outpointed by the Nigerian.

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In a recent MMA show on Sirius XM with Din Thomas, Robert responded to the light heavyweight veteran, Anthony Smith’s assessment of the rivalry between Whittaker and Israel Adesanya, and the Australian couldn’t agree more.

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Robert Whittaker still believes he is the most dangerous middleweight on the planet

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Robert “The Reaper” Whittaker

Anthony Smith, the veteran light heavyweight said that Whittaker is in no way a less talented fighter than Izzy, it is only that Adesanya stylistically has an advantage over Whittaker. The two times, Robert and Adesanya fought each other, Izzy knocked him out once and the second time he squeezed out a close decision victory.

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“I 100 percent wholeheartedly agree with it. That’s why I mention a lot of times I’m given the microphone, that’s why I’m the most dangerous middleweight in the world for that reason,” Robert agreed with Anthony Smith’s comments.

Smith said it the best, he’s a terrible matchup up for me and I hate that fight. It is annoying, a super annoying fight to go through but I do truly believe I’m the best middleweight in the world,” said Robert on the MMA show. Whittaker is still not given up on his championship dreams.

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